Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen
“Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.” Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Martin Luther King, Jr.
